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Gregorio Luperón International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Gregorio Luperón) (IATA: POP, ICAO: MDPP), also known as Puerto Plata Airport, is located in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. It is the Dominican Republic's fourth busiest airport by passenger traffic and aircraft movements, after Punta Cana, Santo Domingo and Santiago de los Caballeros airports. The airport is named after General Gregorio Luperón, a Dominican military and state leader. Capable of handling planes of all sizes, Puerto Plata Airport has benefited from being in an area with many beaches, which are popular among charter airline passengers. The popularity of the city where it is located has also drawn a number of regularly scheduled passenger airlines over the years.

Gregorio Luperón International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional Gregorio Luperón
IATA: POP ICAO: MDPP
Summary
Airport type	Public / Military
Operator	Aeropuertos Dominicanos Siglo XXI S.A. (Aerodom)
Location	Sosua, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
Elevation AMSL	16 ft / 5 m
Coordinates	19°45′28″N 70°34′12″W
Website	aerodom.com
Map
MDPP Location of airport in Dominican Republic
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 08/26 3,081 10,108 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passengers 875,941 Aircraft Operations 4,811
Sources: Departamento Aeroportuario[1] WAD[2] GCM[3]

History

The facility opened in 1979 with the purpose of boosting tourism in the North region, it has a track 3,081 meters long x 46 meters wide, with the capacity to receive wide-body aircraft, including B-747 and A-340.

Facilities

The main terminal building has 10 gates: 5 with boarding bridges on the satellite concourse, and 2 boarding bridges and 3 without in the frontal concourse. The terminal was recently^[when?] remodeled with new floors, escalators, immigration hall, departure hall and duty-free areas along with restaurants. The terminal can support 4 Boeing 747-400s simultaneously after renovations to the airport made in 2013/14.[4]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air Canada Rouge	Montréal–Trudeau, Toronto–Pearson
Air Transat	Montréal–Trudeau, Toronto–Pearson Seasonal: Halifax (resumes February 18, 2023),[5] Hamilton, Ottawa, Québec City
American Airlines	Miami Seasonal: Charlotte
Condor	Seasonal: Frankfurt1
Edelweiss Air	Zurich[6]
Eurowings Discover	Seasonal: Frankfurt
InterCaribbean Airways	Providenciales
JetBlue	New York–JFK Seasonal: Boston, Newark
LOT Polish Airlines	Charter: Katowice[7] Seasonal charter: Poznań,[8] Warsaw–Chopin
Nordwind Airlines	Charter: Moscow–Sheremetyevo
Sunwing Airlines	Montréal–Trudeau, Toronto–Pearson Seasonal: Halifax, Moncton, Ottawa, Québec City, Winnipeg
TUI fly Nordic	Seasonal charter: Copenhagen, Stockholm–Arlanda
United Airlines	Newark
WestJet	Toronto–Pearson

Notes

• ^1 Condor's flight from Puerto Plata to Frankfurt flies via Santo Domingo, however, the flight from Frankfurt to Puerto Plata is nonstop.

Statistics

Top Routes from Puerto Plata
(2019)[9]

Rank	City	Passengers	Carriers
1	New York - JFK	97,858	JetBlue
2	Miami	86,072	American Airlines
3	Newark	64,574	United Airlines
4	Warsaw	25,479	LOT Polish Airlines
5	Katowice	21,217	LOT Polish Airlines
6	Toronto - Pearson	18,615	Air Canada Rouge, Air Transat, WestJet
7	Frankfurt	14,867	Condor, Eurowings Discover
8	Montral - Trudeau	12,678	Air Canada Rouge, Air Transat
9	Charlotte	11,812	American Airlines
10	Moscow - Sheremetyevo	7,499	Nordwind Airlines

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Amerijet	Miami, Santiago de los Caballeros
DHL Aviation	Santiago de los Caballeros, Santo Domingo–Las Américas
IBC Airways	Miami

Incidents

• On February 6, 1996, Birgenair Flight 301 was bound for Frankfurt, Germany, but crashed shortly after take-off from Puerto Plata Airport into the Atlantic Ocean 26 kilometres off-shore. All 176 passengers and 13 crew members, among them 164 Germans, were killed. It was discovered later that one of the air speed indicators of the Boeing 757-200 was not working properly, confusing the pilots about whether the aircraft's speed was too fast or too slow.

See also

• Transport in Dominican Republic
• List of airports in Dominican Republic
• List of the busiest airports in the Caribbean

References

External links

Media related to Gregorio Luperón International Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• OpenStreetMap – Puerto Plata
• Aeropuerto Internacional Gregorio Luperón
• Current weather for MDPP at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for Gregorio Luperón International Airport at Aviation Safety Network

На других языках

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[de] Flughafen Puerto Plata

Der Flughafen Puerto Plata (span. Aeropuerto Internacional Gregorio Luperón) ist der internationale Flughafen von Puerto Plata in der Dominikanischen Republik. Er ist mit etwa einer Million Passagiere jährlich der drittgrößte Flughafen des Landes und hat große Bedeutung für den Tourismus.

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- [en] Gregorio Luperón International Airport

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[es] Aeropuerto Internacional Gregorio Luperón

El Aeropuerto Internacional General Gregorio Luperón es un aeropuerto internacional ubicado en la Provincia de Puerto Plata y que también es una de los aeropuertos principales de turismo de la República Dominicana. Es el cuarto aeropuerto más transitado del país por tráfico de pasajeros y movimientos de aeronaves, después de los aeropuertos Punta Cana, Las Américas, y Cibao. y es el tercero en tamaño y capacidad de pasajeros. teniendo la capacidad de operar hasta 2 millones de pasajeros al año.

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[fr] Aéroport international Gregorio-Luperón

L'aéroport international Gregorio Luperón (espagnol: Aeropuerto Internacional Gregorio Luperón) (IATA: POP, ICAO: MDPP), également connu sous le nom d'aéroport de Puerto Plata, est situé à Puerto Plata, en République dominicaine. C'est le 4e plus gros aéroport de la République Dominicaine, par rapport au nombre de vols et de passagers, derrière les aéroports de Punta Cana, Saint-Domingue et Santiago de los Caballeros. Il porte le nom du général Gregorio Luperón, ancien militaire et président Dominicain.

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[it] Aeroporto Internazionale Gregorio Luperón

L'Aeroporto Internazionale Gregorio Luperón è un aeroporto situato a Puerto Plata, nella Repubblica Dominicana.

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